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On the last day of 2009, the Oregon Supreme Court unanimously upheld Oregon's $50 limit applicable to persons with certain legislative or administrative interests in government action, including lobbyists

On May 24, 2012, the Senate Ethics Committee issued a general advisory memo to the Senate community on the post-government employment contact ban arising under both federal criminal law and Senate rules

On August 7, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published proposed rules that would impose a pay-to-play contribution ban on investment advisers who work for or seek to work for states and localities

In August 2011, Carey v. FEC effectively mandated that the Federal Election Commission permit nonconnected political action committees to accept unlimited contributions from corporations and labor organizations for the sole purpose of making independent expenditures in connection with federal elections, on the condition that the funds be maintained in a separate bank account

With the 2010 midterm elections behind us, now is the perfect opportunity for corporation and association political action committees (PACs) to take stock of the previous election cycle and to prepare for the upcoming presidential election cycle